Britain under siege from Zeppelins - 99 years ago

By David Ellery
Updated August 21 2014 - 12:08am, first published August 20 2014 - 11:45pm

On this day 99 years ago the Sydney Morning Herald reported the results of the latest aerial attacks on London by German Zeppelins, the monstrous rigid airships pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in 1895 after more than two decades of research.

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